Variety-Seekers Most Likely Entrepreneurs, But Seldom Strike It
Variety-Seekers Most Likely Entrepreneurs, But Seldom Strike It.
But prospective entrepreneurs need to know they”ll probably watch their incomes drop as a result, says a researcher from the University of Toronto”s Rotman School of Management.
‘Too many entrepreneurs don”t make any money on this,’ says Thomas Astebro, a professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at Rotman. ‘In fact, they lose money on average.’
Astebro”s comments are based on findings in a paper he wrote on entrepreneurs with colleague Peter Thompson of Florida International University. The two researchers found that people who have worked in a variety of jobs or industries are the most likely entrepreneurs. Yet some of those very factors also mean an entrepreneur is less likely to succeed, both financially and in commercializing their inventions.
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